/**
 * This file is part of the Kompics P2P Framework.
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2009 Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS)
 * Copyright (C) 2009 Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
 *
 * Kompics is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 */
package se.sics.kompics.p2p.overlay.drsm.overlay_address.key;


/**
 * The <code>RingKey</code> class.
 * 
 * @author Cosmin Arad <cosmin@sics.se>
 * @version $Id: RingKey.java 1079 2009-08-28 16:35:18Z Cosmin $
 */
public interface RingKey {

	/**
	 * The <code>IntervalBounds</code> class.
	 * 
	 * @author Cosmin Arad <cosmin@sics.se>
	 * @version $Id: RingKey.java 1079 2009-08-28 16:35:18Z Cosmin $
	 */
	public static enum IntervalBounds {
		OPEN_OPEN, OPEN_CLOSED, CLOSED_OPEN, CLOSED_CLOSED;
	}

	public boolean belongsTo(RingKey from, RingKey to, IntervalBounds bounds);
}